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... you can thank the very active and information-driven response to this tragedy. Many fires have been avoided, and many people have been able to escape fires alive and unharmed because of the building code changes that came out of this disaster, as well as treatments for burns and burn victims. These have saved thousands of lives in the years since this fire.

I heard this tragic fire did prompt a lot of effort at improving building fire safety. The other story I always here from this fire is the old "Miracle of Holy Cross" story- which I imagine most BC and Holy Cross grads know- and if not- it is summed in paragraph six of this link: